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Phys.org / NASA mission to study space weather impacts of Earth's atmosphere

NASA selected a mission concept to research how space weather and dynamics within Earth's atmosphere influence the space environment and help improve prediction capabilities for impacts on crucial technology, such as GPS ...

Jun 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Gazing longer at something contributes to memory encoding, study finds

While humans are observing their surroundings, their eyes tend to rapidly shift between different objects, people and details that catch their attention, pausing briefly on each one. In psychology, prolonged pauses on specific ...

Jun 16, 2026
Tech Xplore / Stretchable self-powered sensor delivers stable signals even at 668% elongation

Wearable medical devices that monitor heart rate, respiration and joint movements for long periods without battery concerns, electronic skins that sense external stimuli like human skin, and soft robots made of flexible materials ...

Jun 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Update to 89-year-old motor homunculus model shows brain's motor cortex isn't as neatly organized as previously thought

For almost a century, budding neuroscientists have been taught that the headband-like strip of brain tissue over our ears that controls our movements, called the motor cortex, contains an orderly map of our bodies. Brain ...

Jun 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Researchers find rare genetic mutation doesn't always result in blood cancer

Researchers have found that a genetic mutation associated with a rare group of blood cancers does not always result in development of the disease. The work provides insight into the initial phases of the disease and may eventually ...

Jun 18, 2026
Phys.org / Like humans, great apes think differently from each other

For decades, scientists have been studying the cognition of great apes to understand how our own complex cognitive abilities evolved. Much of the research is based on the idea that if a particular ability—like using gestures ...

Jun 17, 2026
Phys.org / Microbes destroyed an ancient pterosaur's wingbone, then preserved it for 100 million years

More than 100 million years ago, a flying reptile called a pterosaur flew over the oceans hunting squid and fish.

Jun 19, 2026
Science X / Space travel may strip away the mind's oldest anchor, opening a state of consciousness humans rarely experience

When astronauts float free of Earth's pull, their bodies adapt—but something strange happens in their minds. Many report feeling "unmoored," "expanded" or "disconnected," as if reality itself has shifted. Iconic cases like ...

Jun 15, 2026
Phys.org / Long-dismissed moss gene suppresses twins and triplets, reshaping ideas of plant evolution

A moss gene previously thought to have been inactive actually plays a key role in its evolutionary success, researchers from the University of Bristol have discovered. The new paper published in Current Biology investigated ...

Jun 18, 2026
Tech Xplore / Milan hospital tests 1.2-meter robot to fetch water and relay patient needs

A robot with expressive eyebrows designed to perform basic tasks and free up health care workers is getting a trial run at a hospital in Milan.

Jun 19, 2026
Phys.org / AI-driven optical tweezers sort hundreds of particles per hour without humans

By teaching an AI to use optical tweezers, researchers from the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology have sped up the analysis of life's smallest components. The AI platform captures particles, takes ...

Jun 18, 2026
Phys.org / When glaciers vanish, so does the hidden life they support

We often hear about glacier melting and predictions of what climate change could do. But very little is mentioned about the effects on ecosystems or the animals that call them home. To redress some of this imbalance, an international ...

Jun 16, 2026